In Colchis, the fierce exchange of fire between the Human Empire and the Iron Men continued, but the high-intensity bombardment over orbit stopped early.

After all, the fact that such a high-intensity orbital bombardment had not been able to reduce the size of the Iron Man army pouring out of the mechanical towers was a not-so-good sign - while the terrifying firepower of the huge fleet amassing over the planet's orbit would be enough to sustain the orbital bombardment for another hundred years, it was time to know the intensity of their enemies.

Therefore, from the third day of the high-intensity bombardment, the ground forces composed of the Dark Angels and the Whisperers began to try to engage the Iron Man army head-on, while the armored forces and the Titans continued to serve as ground fire support, and they were not allowed to act at will until they received orders from the genetic protogen.

As a result, the Astartes of the two legions began to charge like medieval heavily armored knights, their heavy terracotta armor ignoring almost any attack, and combined with their fighting skills honed in endless warfare, they began to slaughter these iron men as efficiently as if they were in a no-man's land.

It didn't take long for the Mortal Auxiliaries and Mechanicus Warrior Servants to join the fray, and while their mission in the Great Expedition wasn't as important as that of the Space Marines and the Titans, their firepower was enough to overshadow the vast majority of the alien civilizations in the galaxy.

As a result, the defense line covered by the Iron Man army was being torn apart at a rapid pace, and some Astarte scouts even went directly to the vicinity of the mechanical tower alone.

However, it didn't take long for the fight to begin when Ryan sensed that something was wrong.

The firepower of these iron men from ancient ruins was far greater than he could have imagined: not too much, but too little.

In fact, he had barely seen any weapons of mass destruction, and these powerful Iron Man troops were as weak as toy toddlers in front of the Iron Horsemen of the Human Empire, so much so that the technical priests who did not go to the Truth were worried about whether their previous orbital bombardment had caused the Iron Men to be depleted of their resources to deal with the war, or else it would not be possible to explain the strange problem of such a large force with no combat effectiveness to speak of.

Even if the Iron Men poured out of the mechanical tower, it could not make up for the catastrophic fact.

——These iron men, who once represented the ancient, advanced, and dark technological ages in the eyes of the human empire, are so vulnerable.

Of course, some people are happy and some are sad.

Although Ryan was very worried about the reason, the techno-priests who were keen on research did not care about this, they efficiently recovered the remains of iron men on the battlefield, and also captured many living iron men, and some techno-priests even began to study the characteristics of these intelligent life on the battlefield, although it didn't take long for the heresy rumors that these iron men were without mechs, but the temptation from unknown technology still prompted the techno-priests to start researching on a large scale.

However, because it was a time of war, the two Astarte legions did not pay attention to some petty thefts of these oil guys, and what they were more concerned about was the truth hidden under the surface of the weak combat effectiveness of these iron armies.

Obviously, apart from this valuable iron man's body, these iron men are not even as powerful as some of the more powerful alien empires in the galaxy - the truth is that Astarte can easily destroy a hundred times more iron men with just one combat team.

This horrific slaughter would be almost unimaginable for most Space Marines - after all, they are usually sent to the most dangerous and urgent battlefields in the galaxy, especially during the war-torn expeditions in this galaxy, and the intensity of the war that these Astartes will face will need to be solved by the Legion.

And the most surprising thing is that the weapons and ammunition of these iron men cannot even penetrate the armor worn by mortal auxiliaries.

You know, the weapons of the garbage guys in the Hive City alone can easily penetrate the cheap armor of the auxiliaries, and these iron men, who are regarded as the great enemies of the human empire... It has fallen to such an unbearable state, it can't be described as weird, but it's a really weird event.

Even after reading through the various good news in front of him, Ryan still felt very incomprehensible.

Of the many Iron Man collections he had confiscated under the Icarus Protocols, he had never seen such a strange and bizarre Iron Man faction.

He and the Emperor were under the impression that Abomination Intelligence was a natural executioner, capable of using unimaginable data bombs to hack into enemy networks, calculating the course of a battle in an instantaneous manner through extremely high computing power, and terrifying weapons from the Age of Dark Technology that could make even the Genoplasm extremely difficult.

And now, these iron men they see have no extremely dangerous weapons, let alone extraordinary computing power and strategy, and even the lethality of weapons is extremely primitive, just like a civilization developed from scratch, except for the mechanical tower that gave birth to them has an extraordinary level of technology, and the scale is larger than that of the green skin, the threat level is even lower than the level of interstellar pirates, it's just...

As if sensing something, Ryan frowned.

- Like a newborn...

Instantly aware of a terrible truth, Ryan immediately called up the launch panel of the whirlwind fish.

“… Wait a minute! Ryan, what's going on? Why are you authorizing the use of Whirlwind Fish..."

Obviously, Ryan's sudden action naturally attracted Luojia's attention, and Luojia, who had authority second only to Ryan on the Indomitable Truth, was immediately keenly aware that the other party was regulating the use of the Whirlwind Fish, and he immediately stopped Ryan's behavior.

However, the lion's will is not something that words can stop, and Ryan ignored Luojia's words, but silently and quickly gave the launch authorization.

"Stop your actions! Ryan Al Johnson! ”

"Damn...... I don't know what you're mad about, but the battle is going well, and it's nowhere near the point where you need to use the Whirlwind Fish. I don't want to repeat it again, Ryan, I won't allow you to use Whirlwind Fish on my home planet, do you understand? ”

Seeing Ryan's behavior of bombing his home planet if he didn't agree with him, Luojia immediately rushed forward to question.

“… They're learning. ”

Ryan looked coldly at Luojia's runic face distorted by anger and spoke slowly.

……

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(End of chapter)